Applications of Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking Approaches in Different Disease Treatments
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2023) | Viewed by 435
Special Issue Editors
Interests: network pharmacology; infectious diseases; molecular biology
Interests: pan-genomics; integrative omics; computational genomics; NGS; whole genome sequencing; computational biology; molecular modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are happy to invite you to submit a paper to Applied Sciences for a Special Issue entitled, “Applications of Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking Approaches in Different Disease Treatments”.
Network pharmacology is an integrative in silico approach for establishing an “active compound-target protein-disease pathway” network to reveal the mechanisms underlying the synergistic therapeutic actions of traditional medicines. This multi-target approach has shifted the paradigm from a “one-target, one-drug” mode to a “network-target, multiple-component-therapeutics” mode. Network pharmacology has proven to be important in the drug designing process as it has assisted in the rebirth of indigenous knowledge. Hence, it inevitably has contributed to the globalization and modernization of botanical herbs and has brought about a paradigm shift in the drug discovery process. This Special Issue is devoted to discussing the advancements in systems biology and molecular modeling approaches for multi-target drug discovery against complicated diseases. Our Special Issue is mainly focused on experimental and theoretical studies for the development of novel and effective treatment options through network pharmacology and molecular docking approaches. Our research topic is particularly focused on:
- Understanding the multi-target effect of active compounds obtained from botanical herbs;
- The discovery of potential biomarkers as an enthralling treatment option for diseases;
- The development of biological networks that describe molecular processes from the genetic to the metabolomics level.
Prof. Dr. Usman Ali Ashfaq
Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qamar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- computational approaches
- network pharmacology
- molecular docking
- molecular modeling
- multi-target drug discovery
- disease treatments
- in vivo and in vitro studies
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